Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-02-04

made upon the stocks or notes, shall be re-
ceived in the courts of the territory as
prima facie evidence of the facts.
H.. LIGHTS and SH4DOWS
DISAPPOINTMENT. .t
Another disappointment; a cruel blow
at the correspondents; gross and unpar-
donable injustice to the sensationalists and
pen photographers,wast that which shut off
debate on the bill for the removal of the
United States court from Yankton to
Mitchell yesterday. 1t was known that
Messrs. Sullivan and Mentzer were loaded
with eloquent speeches in favor of Mitch
ell and that Messrs. Ward and Morris were
primed and cooked in defense of Yank-
ton. The correspondents in anticipation
of the battle wrote descriptions of the de-
bate several days ago, Of which the follow
ing is an extract:
"Mr. Mentzer had spoken eloQuently for
ten minutes, when he referred to Yankton
as a remote and secluded hamlet at the
jumping-OH place of two states and ter
ritory. At this Mr.. Ward, of the Yankton
district, sprang to his feet and denounced
the assertion as base and unwarrantable
falsehOOd.
"'Who's liar p shouted Mr.. Mentzer, at
the same time throwing his coat to the
centre of the aisle while the speaker
pounded savagely upon his desk and
Sergeant-at-Arms ROrapaugh called for
help.
"Peace having been restored Mr. Ment-
zer finished his speech and took his seat
| amid loud applause by the supporters of
| the bill, and a proposal Of three cheers and
| tiger by his colleague Sullivan.
Mr.. Ward, having DOTTED his coat and
placed friends around him as body
guard, then took the floor and exclaimed:
"The fiery. untamed falsifier who has just
taken his seat has made statements which
/ must resent. and which [ will resent
| (placing his hand on his hip pocket) even
| at the cost of my reputation as peaceable
| citizen of Dakotaw
quick to suit mel" exclaimed Mr.. Sullivan,
whose namea stands well in pugilistic
circles. II am here to defend the fair
name and fame of Mitchell, and the blatant
! braggart who casts odium upon so estima-
BILE Mitchellite as nay colleague Mentzer
cannot 60 unpunished." Saying this, Mr..
| Sullivan sprang over the desks, while Mr..
Ward drew fromghis hip pocket a temper
! ance petition and demanded that his col
| league Schnaidt, who was between him and
Sullivan, stand firm.
The debate had now waxed warm. The
! crisis had arrived. John Hobart was look
ing, about for the safety Of neutral ground,
skin in preparation for the worst when
| Mr.. Ruggles, the athletic giant from Ed
mundS, grabbed the. .disputants, and holding
them at arms length, declared peace"
But, alas, this was not enacted. This
! was the description written in advance and
placed in type, but when the bill came up
for final passage there was not ripple
| upon the placid sea of peace: Not even q
word of debate, not a syllable of sarcasm;
| but the bill was passed as quietly and peace
ably as though it had been a joint resolu-
tion providing for extra pay to the men,
| bers of both houses.
JUDGE CHURCH's POSITION.
If the gentlemen who have read leports
| of serious charges against Judge Church,
the appointed governor of Dakota, will
| pause here just moment they will be
given the facts as learned authentically
last evening. Judge Church telegraphed
to Senator Platt asking the cause of the de-
! lay, and inquiring particularly as to wheth-
er or not charges had been preferred
, against him. Senator Cullom answered
| the telegram sent to Senator Platt, inform
| preferred were verbal charges of intem-
perance The Judge replied, pronouncing
the charge utterly false and referring the
| senate committee to every reputable citizen
| in Dakota acquainted with the facts; to
President Cleveland and Colonel Lamont;
! to every member Of the New York legisla-
| ture for the years 1883 40, and particularly
| to Speaker Hustled Of the New York legis-
! lature and to Gen. Curtis of New York
| With this answer Judge Church offered to
! 90 to Washington if his presence was de-
sired by tile committee, and in reply Sen
ator Cullom informed him that this was
| not necessary. This information was re-
| ceived from Judge Church last evening
and ought to be sufficient to put stop to
| the gossip about "SeriOuS charges" and a
possibility that his appointment will be
| rejected by the senate.
EXPLAINED.
"Royer, you seem to have bad cold"
Eyes, it's just my luck. 1t couldn't have
struck anyone else."
what struck you?"
"You know. on Thursday, Sprague got
to snerting around about Aikens' railroad
bill"'
EYES,"
'He said the bill was mischievious
measure"
"Yes; remember"
| in the draft between AikenS and Sprague.
and if don't exchange seats, I'll have
double pneumonia in less than a week.
A AsERIoUs QUESTION.
Moore-"I say, Fletcher, what are we 60
ing to do with this young man FeIlows"'
Fletcher-"Why, what do you mean ?'
Moere-"What are we going to do
with him? How can we squelch him
Where can we put him?"
Fletcher-"Explain yourself, colonel, I
cannot catch your meaning:n
Moore fImpatientlyl -',Why, confOund
his buttons, if he keeps on making these
eloquent speeches-where, ah-how. ah-
d--ll it, Where'lI WE be ?'
Scattering Shots.
The United States Court bill having pas
sed the house, that body is now prancing
around among the railroad companies
with chip on its shoulder and a sling in
-, I'll